So who else has noticed that those who post the most about going off meds are generally the ones who seem to really really really need to stay on their meds?
I be reading their threads goin’, “please don’t please don’t please don’t.”
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How did you know I had Hep C?
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I solemnly swear not to mess with my meds again.
Until next time I do.
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I think people just want some relief from all these side effects, I am really praying for ulotaront for all of us
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It’s a curious thing. I think people get wound up with the side effects over function too. Like . Function is the key and you trade off with our meds over symptoms versus side effects anyways.
So. You get side effects. Yeah. Can be deal breaking but so do positives. Negatives are another beast but I think with the internet people are educated a lot more but it becomes something that stops people moving forwards. So I’ve crippling symptoms but I don’t like side effect A for example either though it’s probably perfectly liveable.
I think we can be too precious about our meds and side effects. Not for everyone because we are all so different but sometimes you just grind it out for better function rather than not give it a chance. It’s not the best tech people. We all know that.
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I may be going off meds because I’m have problems finding someone to write me a prescription for them. I can afford the meds. They are the cheap ones. I’m having problems finding and paying for a pdoc. Maybe, just maybe my primary care provider (nurse practitioner) will write me one. They aren’t as expensive as a pdoc.
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The max dose of Wellbutrin leaves an aftertaste in my mouth that is akin to having spent the morning sucking on old plumbing fixtures (or having bitten @Bowens’ cankle). BUT at least I am not suicidal. I can live with the bad taste because it beats NOT living.
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Someone crossed out your phone number on the wall of the men’s washroom and wrote that warning under it. d0000000d.
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I too hope Ulotaront will be a game changer. Maybe it doesn’t flatten out emotions and make you tired like most APs, let’s hope!
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I went down from 6 to 3mg risperidone and I am doing fine so far. Not planning on quitting meds completely anytime soon. Maybe switching back to Latuda as I was able to work in accounting while on it.
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My gradual reductions allowed me time to see that reducing too much had a deleterious effect on my sz symptoms before I went too far and lost control of them. I wish I could go off meds but am settling for a reduced dose. It’s important to have insight IMO and see when you’re sliding. It’s also important to not be in denial about increased symptoms. I wish it weren’t true that too reduced a dose causes me paranoia, but I am willing to admit the truth and not reduce anyway.
Meds often have a residual effect. It takes weeks sometimes to notice an effect.
A psych once told me about the brain fog effect and that it can take six months to not notice it anymore.
It is a bit like a diet. It really is a monthly, 6 monthly or yearly time frame. Nothing is immediate. When you undertake it it really is a long term deal. If you are not prepared for it to be this then you are not understanding what it takes.
Often with young people everything is immediate. They want it and they want it now and the wait is impossible. It hardly ever works like that…
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I went down from 6 to 5mg no problem over a year ago. 2 days ago went down to 3mg. My pdoc originally prescribed me 3mg but I asked my family Dr to slowly increase it because of anger issues that disappeared now. I learned to control my anger without meds. I never had sz symptoms on 3mg risperidone. I was on 3mg for over a year no problem.
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I expect sz symptoms will appear if I go below 3mg.
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What is it, two days since you lowered it?
Time will tell.
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Like I said, I never had sz symptoms on 3mg before and I was on 3mg for over a year before.
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The only thing that can happen is that my anger issues come back but I hope I gained control over them now.
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That’s it. I’m quitting them all. Thanks. 
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